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European Union - European Commission fines animal feed phosphates producers €175 647 000 for price-fixing and market-sharing in first "hybrid" cartel settlement case

The European Commission has concluded its first settlement of a cartel case in a hybrid scenario, where both the settlement and ordinary procedures were followed. It has fined producers of animal feed phosphates a total of €175 647 000 for operating a cartel that lasted over three decades and covered a large part of the European Economic Area (EEA) territory.

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Effects of dietary lactose levels during different starter phases on the performance of weaning pigs

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate dietary lactose levels during different starter phases on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and fecal microbial populations.

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Effects of dietary glycyl-glutamine on growth performance, small intestinal integrity, and immune responses of weaning piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Dietary glycyl-glutamine supplementation may alleviate the negative effects on growth and on the inmune system of a challege in early weaned piglets.

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European Union - Feed ban: certain tolerance level of processed animal proteins could be introduced

The success of the European Union's efforts in combating Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle or scrapie in sheep and goats, allows the EU to contemplate changes in some of its rules.

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Canada - Livestock feeders advised to consider least cost rations

The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada says livestock producers will need to pay close attention to the cost of feed ingredients this winter and adjust rations accordingly.

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Assessment of vitamin E levels, selenium levels and presence of viral pathogens as the etiology of mulberry heart disease

The objective of this study was to determine a possible relationship between Mulberry Heart Disease (MHD) and the levels of vitamin E, selenium, and 13 other minerals, in heart and liver tissues, as well as to carry out PCR tests on heart tissues in order to determine the existence of a possible relationship between viral pathogens and MHD.

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Nutrient digestibility of soybean meal fed to growing pigs is affected by the soybean variety used

Amino acid digestibility and concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy in soybean meal produced from conventional, high-protein, or low-oligosaccharide varieties of soybeans and fed to growing pigs

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European Union - GMOs: Member States to be given full responsibility on cultivation in their territories

The Commission proposed to confer to Member States the freedom to allow, restrict or ban the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on part or all of their territory.

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Inflammation-associated responses in piglets induced with post-weaning colibacillosis are influenced by dietary protein level

Forty piglets (average body weight = 5.32 kg) were used to investigate the effect of dietary crude protein (CP) content on immunological responses following a challenge with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88.

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Dilution in liquid feed

The supply of wet feed, when compared to dry feed, improves the rate of growth and conversion, at least these are the results of the trials carried out in the experimental stations.

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European Union - MEPs call for ban on food from cloned animals

MEPs renewed their appeal for a ban on food from cloned animals when they voted on novel foods legislation on Wednesday.

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Nutritional value of aquatic ferns (Azolla filiculoides Lam. and Salvinia molesta Mitchell) in pigs

Although having a suitable mineral and AA content for swine nutrition, the use of aquatic plants in pig diets is limited by their low energy and crude protein digestibility.

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Comparison between computerised liquid feeding and ad libitum dry feeding for sows during lactation

Liquid feeding during lactation may increase feed intake without affecting piglet performance

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Body weight gain and nutrient utilization in starter pigs that are liquid-fed high-moisture corn-based diets supplemented with phytase

Dietary phytase addition to liquid feeding weanling piglets may improve nutrient digestibility, bone strength and mineralization

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The effects of branched-chain amino acid interactions on growth performance, blood metabolites, enzyme kinetics and transcriptomics in weaned pigs

The excess of Leucine in piglet diets may affect the catabolism branched-chain amino acids limiting their availability

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European Union - New EU labelling rules including new EU organic logo come into force on 1 July

New EU rules on organic food labelling including the requirement to display the new EU organic logo, enter into force on 1 July, 2010. The so-called “Euro-Leaf” will now be obligatory on pre-packaged organic food products that have been produced in any of EU Member States and meet the necessary standards. Other private, regional or national logos will continue to appear alongside the EU label. The logo stays optional for non-packed and imported organic products.